GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The area where the land and ocean meet and overlap is the intertidal zone. Seaward from the low-tide line is the neritic zone, which covers the continental shelf. Beyond the continental shelf is the oceanic zone. Open ocean of any depth is called the pelagic zone.

Detailed explanation-2: -In marine biology, the neritic zone, also called coastal waters, the coastal ocean or the sublittoral zone, refers to that zone of the ocean where sunlight reaches the ocean floor, that is, where the water is never so deep as to take it out of the photic zone.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Neritic Zone is the shallow region of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 meters in depth. It is also known as the coastal ocean, the coastal waters, or the sublittoral zone.

Detailed explanation-4: -neritic zone, shallow marine environment extending from mean low water down to 200-metre (660-foot) depths, generally corresponding to the continental shelf. Neritic waters are penetrated by varying amounts of sunlight, which permits photosynthesis by both planktonic and bottom-dwelling organisms.